2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament format, Prize fund
A total of £772,000 was awarded as prize money for the event, with the winner receiving £150,000. This was £37,000 more than the prior year's event. This meant an increase in the prize money for the last 64 losers from £4,000 to £5,000 and a rise for the last 16 from £13,000 to £13,500. The breakdown of prize money for this year was:


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary
The 2019 World Open was held from 28 October until 3 November 2019 at the Yushan Sport Centre in Yushan, China. The defending champion, Mark Williams, declined to appear at the tournament. Qualifying for the event was held at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, from 3–5 October 2019 and in Yushan on 28 October. Neil Robertson failed to show up for his qualifying match, as he accidentally drove to Barnsley, Gloucestershire. World Snooker later made fun of him for mistaking the location of the qualifiers by sending him a map to the site of the next event—the English Open. With Robertson being forced to withdraw, Ian Burns was awarded a bye.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary
The world number two Ronnie O'Sullivan failed to progress through qualifying. He played Welsh player Dominic Dale, who had failed to defeat O'Sullivan after ten attempts, and lost 3–5. Dale commented the win had "only taken 27 years". The rest of the top-16 players successfully qualified for the event, with John Higgins defeating Chen Zifan and Stephen Maguire defeating Oliver Lines. Another qualifying upset was Elliot Slessor recovering from 2–4 behind to defeat two-time ranking event winner Ryan Day 5–4.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Early rounds (round one—quarter-finals)
Having won the previous event at the English Open, Mark Selby won both of his first two matches over Anthony Hamilton and Noppon Saengkham. He met 2015 World Snooker Championship winner Stuart Bingham in the last 16, where he lost 2–5. Selby won both of the opening two frames, before Bingham won the next five frames with breaks of 108, 97, 114, 104 and 117. Bingham met four-time World Champion John Higgins in the quarter-finals, losing 2–5.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Early rounds (round one—quarter-finals)
The runner-up at the English Open, David Gilbert defeated Zhao Xintong 5–4, before a whitewash of Anthony McGill 5–0 and a 5–3 win over Mark Allen. Gilbert met Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the quarter-finals. Un-Nooh, ranked 37th in the world, led 2–1 before breaks of 100, 55 and 62 from Gilbert saw him go behind 2–4. Un-Nooh won the next three frames with breaks of 77, 66 and 96 in just 37 minutes to reach the semi-finals.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Early rounds (round one—quarter-finals)
Reigning World Champion Judd Trump was tied at 4–4 with Sam Craigie in his first round match despite leading at 3–0 but won the deciding frame. He then defeated Liang Wenbo 5–3 before another deciding frame win over Joe Perry. His quarter-final match was against Michael Holt. Had he won the event, he was the last remaining player who could qualify for the Champion of Champions event ahead of Jimmy White. Trump however, won the match 5–1, having lead at 4–0. The fourth and final semi-finalist was two-time ranking winner Kyren Wilson, who defeated, Robbie Williams 5–2, Hossein Vafaei 5–4, Jack Lisowski 5–1, and Zhou Yuelong 5–3.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Later rounds (semi-final—final)
The two semi-finals were held on 2 November 2019. Both matches were played as best-of-11 frames; both finished at 6–5. The first semi-final was played between Wilson and Un-Nooh. Wilson won the opening three frames of the match; whose highest break during this time was a 44. Un-Nooh won frame four, before Wilson won the next frame to lead 4–1. Un-Nooh won the next two frames, including a break of 74, but Wilson won frame eight to lead 5–3. Un-Nooh won the next two frames to force a deciding frame. Wilson made the first break of the final frame but made only 38 before Un-Nooh made a break of 61. The match was decided after Wilson missed a yellow ball, allowing Un-Nooh to win frame and the match.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Later rounds (semi-final—final)
The second semi-final was a rematch of the 2019 World Snooker Championship final between Trump and Higgins. Trump took the opening frame. Higgins took the next two with two breaks of more than 50. Trump won the next four frames, including a break of 99. With neither opponent playing well, Higgins won the next three frames which also set up a deciding frame. Trump gained the first chance of frame 11, scoring a 55, before Higgins made a break of 15. Higgins missed a pink ball into the middle pocket allowing Trump to clear the table and win the match 6–5.


2019 World Open (snooker), Tournament summary, Later rounds (semi-final—final)
The final was held between Judd Trump and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh on 3 November 2019. This was Thepchaiya's second ranking event final, having won the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out. Trump was contesting his 22nd ranking event final. The match was also a rematch of the first-round match of the World Championships, where Trump defeated Un-Nooh 10–9. Trump took an early lead in the match winning the first session 7–2. Frame seven was awarded to Trump, after Un-Nooh failed to hit the red ball on three consecutive attempts. Un-Nooh won the next three frames to trail at 7–2, before Trump won three straight frames to win the championship and his 13th ranking event. The victory put Trump level with Ding Junhui into eighth for the most ranking event titles won.


2019 World Open (snooker), Main draw
Players shown in bold denote match winners. The draw for the main competition is shown below.


2019 World Open (snooker), Qualifying
Most of the qualifying matches for the event were played between 2 and 5 October 2019 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Matches involving Judd Trump, Yan Bingtao, Luca Brecel, Ding Junhui, Lu Ning, Scott Donaldson, Ken Doherty and Ronnie O'Sullivan, were held over and played in Yushan on the opening day of the tournament main stage. All qualifying matches were best-of-9-frames.


2019 World Open (snooker), Century breaks, Main stage centuries
A total of 64 century breaks were made by 26 players during the main event. Judd Trump's break of 104 and Wu Yize's 130 break were made in the qualifying matches held on the first day of the main tournament.


2019 World Open (snooker), Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 32 century breaks were made by 32 players during the qualifying stage for the event.


2019 World Orienteering Championships
The 36th World Orienteering Championships were held in Østfold, Norway in August 2019.


2019 World Orienteering Championships
From 2019 the world championships are split in two (forest and park), each being held every second year. The 2019 edition is a pure "forest" format. The competitions are the middle and long distances, and relay.


2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
The 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships was an international disability sport alpine skiing event held in two cities: Sella Nevea, Italy from 21 to 24 January with slalom and giant slalom and Kranjska Gora, Slovenia from 28 to 31 January with Super-G, downhill and super combined events. The Championship is held biannually by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).


2019 World Para Athletics Championships
The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 15 November 2019. It was the 9th edition of the event, formerly known as the IPC Athletics World Championship prior to 2017.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Location
In July 2017 during London 2017 there were reports and speculation that London could once again hold the games in 2019 due to the success of the 2017 event and the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos was vocal on Twitter and drummed up support from other athletes. British superstar Jonnie Peacock closed his part on Channel 4's coverage of the 2017 event by saying "let's have some fun back here in 2019." Prior to the close of bids, UK Athletics stated "Unfortunately, due primarily to scheduled events taking place in the London Stadium in 2019 and the need for funds required to support the bid, we have reluctantly decided that a 2019 bid is not realistic."


2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Location
Months after the bid deadline, the International Paralympic Committee was still in negotiations with potential host cities.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Location
Official announcement of Dubai as the venue came in June 2018.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships, 2020 Summer Paralympics
The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships served as a qualifier for all track and field events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Individual medallists
Athletes who have won more than three or more medals in the championships.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai from 7-15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T11, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T11, Round 1
First 1 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T11, Semifinals
First 1 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T12, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T12, Round 1
First 1 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T12, Semifinals
First 1 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T13, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T13, Round 1
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T33, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T34, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T34, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T35, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T35, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T36, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T36, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T37, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T37, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T38, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T38, Round 1
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T47, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T47, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinal.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T47, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T51, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T52, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T52, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T53, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T53, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T54, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T54, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinal.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T54, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T63, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T63, Round 1
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T64, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, T64, Round 1
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, RR3, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+4), was as follows:


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai 7–15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai 7–15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 13 November (T54) and 14 November 2019 (T11 and T13).


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres events at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships were held in Dubai on 7, 9, 12 and 15 November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's club throw
The men's club throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 9 November (F32) and 10 November (F51).


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai in November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 11 November (T64), 13 November (T47) and 14 November (T63).


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai in November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Dubai Club for People with Determination in Dubai from 7–15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Medalists
Events listed in pink were contested but no medals were awarded.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai in November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai from 7 to 15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 10, 11, 14 and 15 November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai from 7-15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai 7–15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 13 November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 8, 11, and 14 November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's club throw
The women's club throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 8 November (F32) and 11 November (F51).


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw events at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships were held in Dubai in November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai on 7, 10 and 11 November 2019.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held at the Dubai Club for People with Determination in Dubai from 7–15 November.


2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was held in Dubai in November 2019.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
The 10th edition of World Para Ice Hockey Championships (originally named IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships) was held in 2019. The championships were divided into three tournaments.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
The main event (Tournament A) was hosted by Ostrava, Czech Republic The first matches were played on April 27 and the championships concluded with the final game played on May 4. It was the second time Ostrava World Para Ice Hockey Championships, as Ostrava hosted the Championships 10 years ago in 2009. The tournament achieved record number of spectators, as their total number reached 65,000. It also broke record for single game as the semifinal of hosting team against United States and bronze medal match against South Korea saw 8,600 spectator each, both surpassing the record from 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament B was held in Berlin, Germany from November 17 to 22.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament C was held in Vierumäki, Finland, from November 6 to 8, 2018, with three teams competing: Australia, China, and Finland.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Format
In Tournament A the contestants were divided into two groups based on their ranking. The top two teams from Group A advanced directly into semi-finals while the remaining two teams together with the best two teams from Group B advanced to quarter-finals. Remaining two teams from Group B were relegated to B-Pool for the following championships.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Format
Tournament B was played in a round-robin where every team played a match with every other team. The top two teams then advanced to A-Pool for championships in 2021 while the last team was relegated to 2020 C-Pool.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament A, Final ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals, then by fewest games played.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament A, Final ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
Gen = Gender; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; Pos = PositionSource:


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament A, Final ranking and statistics, Goaltending leaders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament A, Final ranking and statistics, Goaltending leaders
Gen = Gender; MiP = Minutes and seconds played; SOG = Shots on goal; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average per 45 minutes; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament B, Team rosters, China
Bai Xue Song, Che Hang, Cui Yu Tao, Guo Xi Zhu, Hu Guang Jian, Ji Yan Zhao, Li Zhen Yang, Qiu Dian Peng, Shen Yi Feng, Song Xiao Dong, Tian Jin Tao, Wang Ju Jiang, Wang Wei, Wang Zhi Dong, Xu Jin Qiang, Zhang Zheng, Zhu Zhan Fu


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament B, Team rosters, Germany
Finn Bentzen, Klaus Brzoska, Bas Disveld, Bernhard Hering, Christian Jaster, Nils Krueger, Ingo Kuhli-Lauenstein, Simon Kunst, Veit Mühlhans, Robert Pabst, Christian Pilz, Hugo Raedler, Felix Schrader, Lucas Sklorz, Joerg Wedde, Jacob Wolff


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament B, Team rosters, Great Britain
Anthony Booth, Tyler Christopher, Matt Clarkson, Mark Colquitt, Bryan Hackworth, Dean Lahan, Jonathon Le Galloudec, Karl Nicholson, Martin Quinn, Scott Trigg-Turner, Matt Woollias


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament B, Team rosters, Poland
Łukasz Ciuła, Radosław Drapała, Sylwester Flis, Marcin Hebda, Sebastian Kartosz, Andrzej Młynarczyk, Mateusz Murawski, Krzysztof Sekulski, Mariusz Zieliński


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament B, Team rosters, Russia
Aleksei Eremin, Dmitrii Galkin, Vladimir Kamantsev, Airat Khamzin, Maksim Kuzminykh, Ivan Kuznetsov, Dmitrii Lisov, Igor Maletskiy, Mikhail Miachin, Evgenii Petrov, Evgenii Plotnikov, Roman Severin, Konstantin Shikhov, Andrey Sokolov, Nikolai Terentev, Vasilii Varlakov, Ilia Volkov


2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships, Tournament B, Team rosters, Slovakia
Slavomir Ferenčík, Erik Fojtík, Martin Joppa, Miroslav Kardoš, Peter Kaščák, Dávid Korman, Eduard Lepáček, Marián Ligda, Miroslav Pastucha, Miroslav Stašák, Peter Štít, Róbert Turic, Miloš Večerek


2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships
The 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships was a competition for male and female athletes with a disability. It was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and ran from 12 to 20 July.


2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships
The tournament was one of the compulsory tournaments to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships
The 2019 World Para Swimming Championships is the 2019 edition of the World Para Swimming Championships run by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The championships were held from February to June in seven countries across five continents and served as a qualifying event for Paralympic swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The event was sponsored by Allianz.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships
In 2017, the IPC announced that the event would be hosted in Kuching, Malaysia. However, on 27 January 2019, Malaysia were stripped of their hosting rights because their government refused to allow Israeli athletes into the country to compete.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships
On 15 April 2019, London, United Kingdom was announced as the new host for the championships, now rescheduled to take place from 9 - 15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Host selection
In September 2017, World Para Swimming (formerly IPC Swimming) granted hosting rights to Kuching, Malaysia, who prevailed over a bid from Great Britain. The award was made with the understanding that they would permit all qualified athletes to compete. In 2019, as part of a solidarity move with the Palestinian National Authority, Malaysia announced that they would ban Israeli athletes from entering the event in a move that was supported by 29 Malaysian non-governmental organizations.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Host selection
The Malaysian Paralympic Council said they were following a Malaysian government policy to bar Israelis from competition as Malaysia bans Israeli passport holders from entering the country. After a meeting held in London, the IPC decreed that this was a politically motivated exclusion and stripped Malaysia of their hosting rights. This came after an Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry statement saying the ban of Israeli athletes was "shameful and totally opposes the Olympic spirit". Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad stood by the decision, calling Israel "a country which does not obey international laws" and said "I don't understand because the world has the power but still has to listen to Israel."


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Host selection
The IPC requested bids as stand-in hosts by 11 February. London was selected to host the championships at the Queen Elizabeth Park in April 2019.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Events
The series was held at venues in seven countries. Events commenced on 15 February in Melbourne, Australia. Further events were held in April in Indianapolis, São Paulo and Glasgow, in May in Singapore, in May and June in Lignano Sabbiadoro, and in Berlin on 9 June.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Events
The championships served as one of the qualifying events for swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Broken records
A total of 188 records were broken during the Championships: 39 World records, 55 Championship records, 22 African and Oceanian records, 21 Asian records, 17 American records and 12 European records.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Schedule, Multi-medalists
List of male and female multi-medalists who have won three gold medals or five medals.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Freestyle relays
The freestyle relay events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Freestyle relays, Medalists
* - denotes the swimmer only swam in the heats but received a medal.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medley relays
The medley relay events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Medley relays, Medalists
* - denotes the swimmer only swam in the heats only.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100m backstroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100m breaststroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
The men's 100m butterfly events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 150 metre individual medley
The men's 150m individual medley events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200m individual medley events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
The men's 50m backstroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
The men's 50m breaststroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly
The men's 50m butterfly events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100m backstroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100m breaststroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The women's 100m butterfly events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 150 metre individual medley
The women's 150m individual medley events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200m individual medley events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke
The women's 50m backstroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
The women's 50m breaststroke events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly
The women's 50m butterfly events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships were held in the London Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London between 9–15 September.


2019 World Pool Masters
The 2019 World Pool Masters was a nine-ball pool tournament which took place in Gibraltar from 29–31 March 2019. It was the 26th edition of the World Pool Masters invitational tournament organised by Matchroom Sport. The event contained increased participation from 16 to 24 players, and increased total prize fund to $100,000. Spaniard David Alcaide won the event, defeating Greece's Alexander Kazakis in the final 9–8, doubling the final ball the length of the table to win. The reigning champion was Dutchman Niels Feijen who defeated Shane Van Boening of the United States in the previous year's final to win the title for the second time in his career. Feijen was defeated in the opening round by Alcaide.


2019 World Pool Masters, Format
The event was played as a single elimination tournament, with players competing in a preliminary round based on rankings. The tournament prize fund was higher than that of previous years, with a total prize fund of $100,000 from $80,000 the year prior. The event winner was awarded $25,000. The total prize money awarded is listed below:


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary
The 2019 World Masters was organised by Matchroom Sport and contested in the Tercentenary Sports Hall in Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, as it had since 2017. For 2019, the event saw an increase of eight players to see 24 compete over four rounds, with a preliminary qualification round, having only had 16 players in prior years. The event saw a total prize pool of $100,000 with the winner receiving $25,000. Matches for the event were held as race to 7 racks until the semi-finals, with races to 8 and 9 for semifinals and final respectively. The Masters is the first Matchroom Sport event to be scored by CueScore as part of a multievent deal. As defending champion and two-time champion, Niels Feijen was seeded first and received a bye to the round of 16.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Preliminary round
The preliminary round took place on 29 March 2019 with eight matches played over two sessions at 3 and 7 p.m. CET. Players competing ranked from 9–24, with the top 8 seeds receiving a bye to the round of 16. Eklent Kaçi defeated the 1997 champion Earl Strickland 7–2; the latter commenting on the room temperature, and crowd reactions for his loss, "It is too cold in here for me ... I am 58 years old and I need warmer conditions", before running down Kaçi saying “The guy is a good player. He is not a great player."


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Preliminary round
Australian Justin Sajich defeated Finland's Petri Makkonen 7–4. Sajich commented after the match that he was grateful at playing at the event, calling it "dream come true". Matt Edwards defeated Chris Melling 7–3, two players who had never met in competition prior. David Alcaide defeated Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 7–3. Both Alcaide and Ruiz had competed at the 2019 Gibraltar Open snooker event earlier in March, having won two qualifying matches. Ruiz reached the last 64, defeating professional Martin O'Donnell in the first round 4–3, whilst Alcaide lost 4–1 to David Gilbert. Alex Pagulayan defeated China's Wu Jia-qing 7–4. Elsewhere, Shane Van Boening defeated Kelly Fisher 7–2 and Albin Ouschan defeated Jeff de Luna 7–2, and Fedor Gorst defeated Naoyuki Ōi 7–2.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Early rounds
The last 16 players met in the first round, played over two sessions on 30 March 2019 at 1 and 7 p.m. CET. Defending champion and first seed Niels Feijen was defeated 3–7 by 2017 champion David Alcaide. Two-time winner Shane Van Boening won 7–6 over ladies number 1 Han Yu. Yu took a lead of 6–3, before van Boening won four racks to win the match 7–6. Ko Pin-yi and Alex Pagulayan also went hill-hill, at 6–6, before Pagulayan won the deciding rack to also win 7–6. In the final match of the first session, WPA world number 1 Alexander Kazakis defeated Justin Sajich 7–3.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Early rounds
The second session featured Matt Edwards defeating Konrad Juszczyszyn 7–6. The match saw players share the first six racks, at 3–3, before Juszczysyn took three racks to lead 6–3. Edwards then took the remaining 4 racks to win the match. Albin Ouschan and Joshua Filler also reached 6–6, before 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Filler won the deciding rack. In the other first round matches, Skyler Woodward overcame Fedor Gorst, and Eklent Kaçi defeated Jayson Shaw.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Early rounds
The quarter-finals saw the remaining eight players compete, and was played 31 March 2019 at 3 p.m. CET. In the first match, David Alcaide overcame Shane van Boening 7–3. Van Boening took a 3–0 lead, before Alcaide won seven straight racks to win. Eklent Kaçi took an early 6–1 lead over Alex Pagulayan, however, Pagulayan took the next four racks to trail 6–5. In rack 12, Pagulayan missed a bank on the 2-ball, allowing Kaçi to clear to win 7–5.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Early rounds
Third seed Alexander Kazakis faced Matt Edwards. After tying at one-all, Kazakis won the next six racks to win 7–1. The final quarter-final saw Skyler Woodwards defeat Albin Ouschan 7–3, with both players having been previous winners of the MVP at the Mosconi Cup.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Finals
The semi-finals, played as races-to-eight rack matches, were held on 31 March 2019 at 7 p.m. CET, with the final played immediately afterwards. David Alcaide faced Eklant Kaçi in the first semi-final, with Alcaide reaching the final of the event, thanks to a 8–3 win. The second semi-final saw Alexander Kazakis overcome Skyler Woodward 8–1 in a one-sided match.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Finals
The final of the event was contested between David Alcaide and Alexander Kazakis, and played as a race to 9 racks match. Kazakis looked in control of the match, winning all five of the opening racks to lead 5–0, and won three of the next eight to be one away from the title at 8–5. Alcaide won the next three racks to come-back and force a final rack, with the scores at 8–8. Alcaide broke in the final rack, but ran out of position on the 5-ball.


2019 World Pool Masters, Tournament summary, Finals
After Alcaide failed a swerve shot, Kazakis took charge of the table, clearing down to the final ball, where he had left himself in a poor position for the pot. Kazakis decided to play a safety shot over attempting to double the ball to win the match. Despite a good safety, Alcaide banked the 9-ball to win the rack, and tournament. Alcaide won the match and the event, his second Masters title, having also won the event in 2017.


2019 World Pool Masters, Main draw
The following table denotes the event's draw and results. Numbers to the left of a player's names indicates their seeding, whilst bolding indicates the winner of a match.


2019 World Qualification Event
The 2019 World Qualification Event was held from January 18 to 23 at the Maniototo Curling International rink in Naseby, New Zealand. It was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with the New Zealand women's team taking one host berth and the Australia men's team the other.


2019 World Qualification Event
South Korea and the Netherlands, the top two finishers in the men's division, qualified for the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship, while China and Finland qualified for the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship as the top two finishers in the women's division.


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Qualification Event:


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Qualification
Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced.


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Marcelo MelloThird: Michael KrahenbuhlSecond: Scott McMullanLead: Sergio Mitsuo VilelaAlternate: Ricardo Losso


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Ulrik DammThird: Kasper WikstenSecond: Daniel AbrahamsenLead: Kasper JørgensenAlternate: Daniel Buchholt


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Andrew ReedThird: Michael OpelSecond: Jamie MaltonLead: Thomas JaeggiAlternate: Gary Tapp


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Kim Soo-hyukThird: Jeong Byeong-jinSecond: Lee Jeong-jaeLead: Lee Dong-hyeongAlternate: Hwang Hyeon-jun


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Fourth: Wouter GoesgensSkip: Jaap van DorpSecond: Laurens HoekmanLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Alexander Magan


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Scott BeckerThird: Sean BeckerSecond: Anton HoodLead: Warren DobsonAlternate: Simon Neilson


2019 World Qualification Event, Men, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00).


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Qualification Event:


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Qualification
Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced.


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Fourth: Wang RuiSkip: Mei JieSecond: Yao MingyueLead: Ma JingyiAlternate: Wang Meini


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Ling-Yue HungThird: Julie MorrisonSecond: Ada ShangLead: Ashura WongAlternate: Grace Bugg


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Dorottya PalancsaFourth: Henrietta MiklaiSecond: Nikolett SándorLead: Orsolya RokusfalvyAlternate: Dorottya Micheller


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Bridget BeckerThird: Natalie ThurlowSecond: Abby PeddieLead: Eloise PointonAlternate: Jessica Smith


2019 World Qualification Event, Women, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00).


2019 World RX of Abu Dhabi
The 2019 World RX of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.


2019 World RX of Belgium
The 2019 Spa World RX of Benelux was the third round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium.


2019 World RX of Belgium
Niclas Grönholm has missed this round due to undergo an Appendicitis operation in Finland. Joni Wiman, who originally was planned to drive a third car, replace him as teams' championship scorer, and the team switch back to two cars.


2019 World RX of Catalunya
The 2019 World RX of Catalunya-Barcelona was the second round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.


2019 World RX of Great Britain
The 2019 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire.


2019 World RX of Great Britain
Niclas Gronholm had intended to race in the British event but longer than planned recovery from the appendicitis that forced him out of the previous round in Belgium mean he also misses this weekend. Compatriot Joni Wiman, who finished on the podium with the GRX team in Spa, replaced him again.


2019 World RX of Latvia
The 2019 World RX of Latvia was the ninth round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.


2019 World RX of Norway
The 2019 World RX of Norway was the fifth round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lånkebanen near Hell, Nord-Trøndelag.


2019 World Rally Championship
The 2019 FIA World Rally Championship was the forty-seventh season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews competed in fourteen events for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews were free to compete in cars complying with World Rally Car and Group R regulations; however, only Manufacturers competing with World Rally Cars homologated under regulations introduced in 2017 were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship.


2019 World Rally Championship
The series was once again supported by the World Rally Championship-2 category at every round, which was split into 2 classifications: the World Rally Championship-2 Pro for manufacturer entries and the World Rally Championship-2 for private entries, and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected events. The World Rally Championship-3 was discontinued in 2018.


2019 World Rally Championship
At the conclusion of the championship, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won their maiden drivers' and co-drivers' championships, taking an unassailable lead of thirty-six points over Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Defending champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished third. In the manufacturers' championship, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT won their first title since they first participated in the championship. Defending manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT were second, with Citroën Total WRT in third.


2019 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America and Australia.


2019 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar expansion
Following the return of Rally Turkey to the championship in 2018, the FIA announced plans to expand the calendar to fourteen rounds in 2019 with the long-term objective of running sixteen championship events. Twelve prospective bids for events were put together, including candidate events in New Zealand, Japan and Chile. Prospective events in Kenya, Croatia, Canada and Estonia expressed interest in joining the calendar within five years.


2019 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar expansion
The planned expansion put pressure on European rounds to maintain their position on the calendar as teams were unwilling to contest sixteen events immediately. The Tour de Corse and Rally Italia Sardegna proved to be unpopular among teams for the logistical difficulties of travelling to Corsica and Sardinia and low spectator attendance at the events. Organisers of Rally Japan reached an agreement with the sport's promoter to host a rally in 2019, with the proposed event moving from Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido to Toyota City in Honshu. However, plans to return to Japan were abandoned when the promoter came under pressure to retain the Tour de Corse.


2019 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar expansion
The proposed events in Japan and Kenya ran candidate events in 2019 in a bid to join the championship in 2020. Both were successful in secure a place on the 2020 calendar. The calendar published in October 2018 included Rally Chile as part of the expansion to fourteen rounds. The event was based in Concepción and ran on gravel roads.


2019 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes
The route of Rallye Monte Carlo was shortened by 70.91 km (44.1 mi) compared to the 2018 route. The route was revised after rule changes that were introduced for the 2019 championship limited the maximum distance of a route to 350 km (217.5 mi). Organisers of the Tour de Corse announced plans for a new route, with up to three-quarters of the 2019 route being revised from the 2018 rally. Rally de Portugal was also shortened by 46.72 km (29.0 mi) compared to the 2018 route.


2019 World Rally Championship, Entries
The following teams and crews competed in the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship. Citroën, Ford, Hyundai and Toyota were all represented by manufacturer teams and eligible to score points in the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.


2019 World Rally Championship, Entries, Team changes
Citroën will only enter two cars for the entire season. The team had two full-time entries in 2018, with a third car run on a part-time basis. Citroën cited a change in sponsorship arrangements as being the reason behind the decision to forgo a third car. M-Sport Ford will also scale back to two full-time entries, with a third car entered on a round-by-round basis. Malcolm Wilson stepped down from his role as M-Sport Ford's team principal to oversee the company's wider commercial operations. Richard Millener was appointed as his replacement. Hyundai also replaced their team principal Michel Nandan with their customer racing manager Andrea Adamo. Toyota expanded to four cars, adding an additional car on a part-time basis. The fourth car will be run by Toyota's factory team, but entered under Marcus Grönholm's GRX Team banner.


2019 World Rally Championship, Entries, Crew changes
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia left M-Sport Ford and returned to Citroën. Ogier and Ingrassia had previously competed with the French manufacturer in 2011 before moving to Volkswagen Motorsport. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm also joined the team after two years with Toyota. Craig Breen and Scott Martin left the team when Citroën announced that they would scale back their involvement in the championship to two full-time entries for Ogier and Lappi. They were unable to secure seats for the start of the championship, but Breen represented Hyundai to compete in Finland and Wales.


2019 World Rally Championship, Entries, Crew changes
Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen remained with the Citroën team, agreeing to a full-time factory campaign in the WRC-2 class in R5 version of the C3. Later, they got an opportunity to drive a third Citroën C3 WRC in Australia to boost Ogier's title bid, but they withdrew before the rally starts as Ogier's title chance was over in Spain. Teemu Suninen was promoted to a full-time drive with M-Sport Ford, effectively replacing Ogier. Pontus Tidemand and Ola Fløene will contest selected rounds with M-Sport Ford. Tidemand and Fløene will share the third car with Gus Greensmith.


2019 World Rally Championship, Entries, Crew changes
Two-time World Drivers' and Co-drivers' Champions Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen returned to the championship for the first time since 2010, making one-off appearance with Toyota. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena signed a contract to contest six rounds with Hyundai, sharing an i20 with the crew of Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio. Hayden Paddon was set to enter the Rally Finland with M-Sport Ford after he left without a drive for the season, but a heavy crash during testing forced M-Sport to delay his planned return to Australia.


2019 World Rally Championship, Entries, Crew changes
Unfortunately, things did not work as planned as the rally was cancelled due to bushfires. Paddon's co-driver Sebastian Marshall moved to Toyota. He partnered Kris Meeke, who returned to full-time competition after being fired by Citroën halfway through the 2018 championship. Meeke's former co-driver Paul Nagle is due to cooperate with Crag Breen in Finland. Teemu Suninen also changed co-drivers, with Marko Salminen replacing Mikko Markkula. However, they ended their partnership before Sardegna as Jarmo Lehtinen took over Salminen's position. Daniel Barritt split with Elfyn Evans to partner Takamoto Katsuta in the World Rally Championship-2; Evans instead was joined by Scott Martin. Katsuta and Barritt were later entered into Rallye Deutschland in a fourth Toyota.


2019 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
The maximum total distance of special stages per event was reduced from 500 km (310.7 mi) to 350 km (217.5 mi).


2019 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
Drivers were permitted to choose a permanent number, similar to the numbering systems used in Formula 1, MotoGP and DTM. Prior to the 2019 championship, the numbering system was based on the manufacturers' championship standings from the previous year. The reigning world champions still competed with the number 1 and their permanent teammates were assigned the number 2.


2019 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
The number of test days were reduced from 55, with teams permitted to test for 42 days per year.


2019 World Rally Championship, Rule changes
The championship's support categories were restructured. The World Rally Championship-3 was discontinued and a new class was created within the World Rally Championship-2. The class, known as World Rally Championship-2 Pro, is open to manufacturer-supported teams entering cars complying with Group R5 regulations. Two-wheel drive cars and Group R2 and R3 cars are still eligible to enter rallies.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
The first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship saw another epic battle between the three rivals Sébastien Ogier, who started his new Citroën career this season, Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak. The Estonian took an early lead during the first two night stages, but a puncture on Friday forced him to stop, which cost him two minutes to replace. Neuville then took a short-lived lead although he missed a junction at the same stage and lost around 20 seconds. However, Ogier hammered home his advantage on the following stage and ended the day by only 2.0 seconds.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
On Saturday and Sunday, Ogier and Neuville were neck and neck whereas Tänak started to chase time. He set four out of four fastest stage times at leg 2 and pulled himself back to fifth overall after Andreas Mikkelsen, Elfyn Evans and Esapekka Lappi retired from the rally due to lost wheel, off-road and suspension damage respectively. Having overtaken teammate Jari-Matti Latvala and nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb, Tänak eventually finished at the podium, behind Ogier, who won the rally for the six straight years, and a 4.3-second-behind Neuville. From fourth to tenth were Loeb, Latvala, a returned Kris Meeke, who put his fifth power stage victory in his pocket, new championship WRC-2 Pro winner Gus Greensmith, WRC-2 winner Yoann Bonato, Stéphane Sarrazin and Adrien Fourmaux.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Coming into the only snow event in the calendar, Sébastien Ogier was first on the road. However, a small mistake caused him stuck in the snowbank and there were no spectators to push him out. As a result, Rally2 for the defending world champion. On the final stage of the first leg, Jari-Matti Latvala also went wide over a crest. By choosing to run under the Rally2 regulation, he reduced his time loss to just ten minutes.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Teemu Suninen surprisingly put himself on top at the end of Friday, leading from Ott Tänak by 2 seconds but that surprise did not sustain to Saturday. Beaching his Fiesta in the morning loop dropped him down to eighth. Worse still, in the afternoon loop, he hit a tree and damaged his roll cage, which forced the young Finn to retire from the leg.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Sweden
Tänak then took over the rally and comfortably dominated to win his first snow rally in his career with his ninth power stage victory to take maximum points and go into the lead of the championship for the first time in his career. Although Esapekka Lappi almost rolled on Friday, he still successfully finished ahead of Thierry Neuville, who made a few mistakes at this weekend, by three seconds. Andreas Mikkelsen, who once occupied the second place, completed the rally in fourth in the end after a lucky escape from the snowbank on Saturday. From fifth to tenth were Elfyn Evans, Kris Meeke, nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb, localman Pontus Tidemand, WRC-2 winner Ole Christian Veiby and rally veteran Janne Tuohino.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Guanajuato México
The high-altitude terrain of Rally Mexico provided difficult conditions for the drivers. Teemu Suninen was forced to retire from the rally when he went off the road only a few kilometers into the second stage. Andreas Mikkelsen led the rally until he hit a rock and damaged his suspension. Teammate Dani Sordo, who was the first time in a World Rally Car this season, suffered an electrical issue as he was fighting for the win. Jari-Matti Latvala was running in fourth before retiring with alternator failure. Esapekka Lappi got stuck and had to run under Rally2 regulation.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Guanajuato México
Kris Meeke had a flat tyre and damaged his suspension, which dropped him from the lead down to fifth place. Although Sébastien Ogier had a puncture on the opening stage of leg 2, a red flag caused by his teammate Lappi's off saved his rally and eventually won the event with a power stage victory. Ott Tänak, who was first on the road on the first day, finished second, with Elfyn Evans rounding out of the podium. Thierry Neuville completed the rally in fourth after Friday's puncture, with Meeke in fifth. From sixth to tenth were WRC-2 winner Benito Guerra, eighteen-year-old rising star Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, Latvala, Sordo and local driver Ricardo Triviño.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse
At Corsica, Elfyn Evans set amazing pace at the entire weekend and led the rally, as championship leader Ott Tänak suffered a puncture on Saturday. However, a front-right puncture in the ultimate power stage dropped the Brit down to third. Several more punctures also happened on Toyota duo Kris Meeke, who won another power stage, and Jari-Matti Latvala. In the end, it was Thierry Neuville that won the rally for the second time as well as his first season victory. With the victory, the Belgian moved two places to the top spot in the championship. So were their team, Hyundai.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Tour de Corse
Defending world champion Sébastien Ogier finished ahead of Evans in second despite an early spin, following by tarmac expert Dani Sordo in fourth. Teemu Suninen completed the event in fifth and managed to stay ahead of championship contender Tänak in fifth after a trouble-free weekend, only 6.2 seconds behind Sordo. Esapekka Lappi, who was lack of paceat the whole weekend, finished in seventh. Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb finished the rally in eighth after a suspension damage on the very first stage, with Meeke and Latvala completing the top ten. This is the first time of the season that top ten were all covered by World Rally Cars.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina
Heavy rain hit Córdoba in the days leading up to the rally, making the road conditions very difficult. Thierry Neuville led at the end of the first leg after Ott Tänak spun on the last stage of the leg, which was later stopped due to an accident for Esapekka Lappi. The Estonian attempted to regain the time on the second leg, but he was forced to stop with a broken alternator. Elfyn Evans also retired during the day after hitting a rock and rolling his Fiesta.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Argentina
Sébastien Ogier lost time in the morning loop with a power steering failure, dropping him to fourth place behind Kris Meeke. Neuville was untroubled throughout the final day to claim a second Argentina win, whilst teammate Andreas Mikkelsen took advantage of other drivers' problems to finish second, his best result for Hyundai. Meeke lost out on third place to Ogier after a final stage puncture, the Citroën driver also winning the power stage. Jari-Matti Latvala had a quiet run to finish fifth, ahead of Dani Sordo, Teemu Suninen and the recovering Tänak. Leading WRC-2 drivers Mads Østberg and Pedro Heller completed the points finishers.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Chile
The head story of the brand new event was the huge crash of Thierry Neuville. The Belgian crashed violently after a right-hand blind crest, badly damaging his i20. Neuville's accident opened up the championship situation. With a second-place finish, defending world champion Sébastien Ogier regained the top spot with a ten-point lead ahead of Ott Tänak, who eventually won the rally together with the power stage. Following Tänak and Ogier, nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb took his first podium this season in Hyundai.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Chile
M-Sport Ford duos Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen completed in fourth and fifth respectively after a trouble-free weekend. From sixth to ninth were Esapekka Lappi, Andreas Mikkelsen, Pro winner Kalle Rovanperä and Mads Østberg. Kris Meeke originally finished in eighth after a roll on Saturday, but he received a ten-second time penalty for removing his damaged windscreen in a time control, which dropped him down to the tenth place. Jari-Matti Latvala recovered to eleventh after he hit a rock in the final test and broke his Toyota's driveshaft on Saturday.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal
Rally de Portugal saw much drama this year. Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb and teammate Dani Sordo both suffered fuel system issue in the opening day. They dropped dramatically in the overall standing, which meant their only mission was to help their teammate Thierry Neuville — Both of them checked into stages late to play a double dose of tactics. Loeb also damaged his i20's suspension after hitting a bank in the power stage, while Gus Greensmith's WRC debut ended up with a crash in the same test.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal
Esapekka Lappi was running fifth until he hit a bank and broke the rear left suspension in the final day. Jari-Matti Latvala retired from Saturday due to a damper issue, but he recovered to seventh in the final standings. Teammate Ott Tänak overcame the same issue and another brake problem and won his third rally of the season. Neuville and defending world champion Sébastien Ogier were the only two drivers to have a trouble-free weekend, rounding out of the podium. Teemu Suninen also suffered brake failure on Friday, but he carried on to claim the fourth spot.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally de Portugal
Teammate Elfyn Evans, who lost almost four minutes on the same day when his Fiesta stopped with an electrical problem, completed the rally in fifth. Pro winner Kalle Rovanperä snatched sixth despite an early puncture, with teammate Jan Kopecký in eighth. Pierre-Louis Loubet and Emil Bergkvist finished the event in ninth and tenth, respectively, to take their first career points in the World Rally Championship.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna
In Sardinia, Ott Tänak suffered a coaster-style pain. Because championship leader Sébastien Ogier retired from the first leg, Tänak became the road-opener, which affected greatly on his stage times. However, with a better road position on Saturday, the Estonian immediately blew away everyone until his Yaris' power steering failed in the ultimate power stage and dropped down to fifth, which sent a huge gift to Dani Sordo, who snatched his second career victory. However, fifth position was enough to elevate Tänak to the lead of the drivers' championship. Teammate Jari-Matti Latvala had two big moments on Friday.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Italia Sardegna
The Finn rolled his Yaris when he led the rally and went off the road later in the afternoon. Teemu Suninen finished a career-high second place with new co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen. Andreas Mikkelsen surpassed Elfyn Evans in the final power stage, separating by only 0.9 second. The Norwegian won his first power stage since 2015 Rally Catalunya as well. Thierry Neuville completed the rally in sixth after a troublesome weekend, following by Esapekka Lappi. Kris Meeke completed the event in the eighth spot after Saturday's puncture, with WRC-2 Pro duos Kalle Rovanperä and Jan Kopecký completed the leaderboard.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
After the summer break, the World Rally Championship came to the fastest rally on the calendar. Before the rally began, Elfyn Evans withdrew from the rally due to a back injury. Hayden Paddon was scheduled to come back in a third Ford Fiesta WRC, but a heavy crash during testing forced M-Sport Ford to abandon his returning plan. When the event started, championship leader Ott Tänak was first on the road, but sweeping the road did not slow him down. Eventually, he successfully defended the rally with a power stage win to extend his championship lead to twenty-two points.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
It was the redemption weekend for tornado Tänak, who won his 200th stage victory during the event as well. Esapekka Lappi found his form back after struggling a lot in the first half of the season, finishing second overall in his home rally. Three-time winner Jari-Matti Latvala was leading the rally, but a driving error punctured his rear-left tyre in a right-hand corner, which dropped him down to third. Teammate Kris Meeke also ran wide at the same corner, but he damaged his rear-left suspension and was unable to continue.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
Although the Northern Irishman rejoined the rally on the final day, he still stopped again as he hit a rock. Following Meeke's retirement, there was an epic battle for the fourth place including defending world Sébastien Ogier, Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen, who returned to championship in a third Hyundai. By virtue of was consistently fast performance, Mikkelsen stood out the other two, with Ogier in fifth. Breen was given a team order that let his championship contender teammate Thierry Neuville by on the leaderboard to take sixth.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Finland
Teemu Suninen completed the rally following Breen in eighth after struggling to find pace during the weekend, with WRC-2 Pro youngster Kalle Rovanperä and WRC-2 class winner Nikolay Gryazin rounding out of the top ten. Gus Greensmith was the driver who replaced Paddon, but his rally was ended during SS20 after crashing into a tree.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, ADAC Rallye Deutschland
"Cool like a cucumber" is what to describe the championship leader Ott Tänak, who got a hat-trick win on the German tarmac, although he did not push in the power stage due to brakes issue. However, Tänak's win was not so easy as there was an epic battle between him and title rival Thierry Neuville. The Belgian was running second overall, trailing Tänak by seconds, until a puncture in the longest Panzerplatte stage dropped him down, whilst reigning champion Sébastien Ogier suffered the same problem during the second pass through the same test.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Following Neuville's and Ogier's drama, Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala elevated to second and third respectively to make Toyota finish 1–2–3 at the end of the rally. The last 1–2–3 finish was created by Volkswagen here back to 2015, when Sébastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen covered out of the podium. Dani Sordo suffered a transmission issue on Friday afternoon, which stuck his Hyundai's gearbox in first. The Spaniard finished the rally in fourth before swapping places with teammate Neuville. Esapekka Lappi originally finished sixth, following by seventh-place Andreas Mikkelsen and eighth-spot teammate Ogier.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, ADAC Rallye Deutschland
However, the Finn did the same thing as what Sordo did to give the defending world champion an extra two points at the cost of letting Mikkelsen by as well. Gus Greensmith finished ninth despite breaking a driveshaft on Friday morning, with Japanese driver Takamoto Katsuta, who made his World Rally Car debut in a fourth Yaris, completed the top ten. Teemu Suninen retired from Friday due to mechanical failure, but he scored four bonus points from the power stage after rejoining the rally on Saturday.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Marmaris Rally of Turkey
Rally Turkey was full of dramas last year, and so was this year. The "rockstorm" caused several punctures, and none of the Toyota drivers, nor Dani Sordo stayed away from tyre troubles. Thierry Neuville elevated himself to third on Friday after a masterful drive in the second pass of the Çetibeli stage, but the Belgian went off the road due to poor visibility on Saturday. Ott Tänak took full five power stage bonus points after retiring from Saturday because of electrical failure. Following two championship contenders in nightmares, defending world champion Sébastien Ogier caught the chance.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Marmaris Rally of Turkey
The six-time world champion eventually took his first Turkey victory to slash the gap between championship leader Tänak from forty points to seventeen points. Teammate Esapekka Lappi finished second to give Citroën an 1–2 finish for the first time since 2015, when Kris Meeke and Mads Østberg outshone everybody else in Argentina. Andreas Mikkelsen finished third to take his third podium of the season. Teemu Suninen completed the rally in fourth after a consistent weekend, following by Sordo and Jari-Matti Latvala.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Marmaris Rally of Turkey
Meeke finished the event in seventh, although he went off the road in the afternoon loop of the second leg. Neuville and Pontus Tidemand finished the rally in eighth and ninth respectively. The final scoring spot could be covered by WRC-2 winner Kajetan Kajetanowicz, but a broken driveshaft meant him miss the opportunity to score his first WRC point. The Polish driver lost the place to Gus Greensmith, who won the WRC-2 Pro category despite rolling his Fiesta R5.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB
The coming of the Hurricane Lorenzo meant Wales Rally GB would run under wet conditions this year. The typically muddy road surface caught out several drivers. Esapekka Lappi went off the road and retired from Friday, whilst Jari-Matti Latvala also dropped out completely when he rolled on Friday, his Yaris coming to rest against a tree. Despite teammate Ott Tänak suffering an engine issue on the opening stage of the rally, he easily made up the lost time and claimed his sixth rally win of the season along with a power stage victory, extending his championship lead to twenty-eight points.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB
Championship rivals Thierry Neuville and Sébastien Ogier rounded out the podium. Early leader Kris Meeke finished fourth after a consistent weekend. Elfyn Evans returned to the championship after he missed three rounds due to back injury. Although he suffered a puncture on the first day, he set several fastest stage times and overtook Andreas Mikkelsen to snatch fifth spot. Teemu Suninen failed to restart on Sunday after hitting a bank and damaging his car on Saturday, which left the seventh place to teammate Pontus Tidemand.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Wales Rally GB
Craig Breen rolled his i20 on Saturday morning, but despite losing five minutes the damage was only cosmetic and he recovered to finish eighth. Kalle Rovanperä finished the rally in ninth and won the 2019 WRC-2 Pro championship, while Petter Solberg completed the leaderboard in tenth. The 2003 World Champion won the WRC-2 class in a one-off drive to celebrate his retirement, ending his 20-year-long career in satisfaction.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, RACC Rally Catalunya de España
It was a devastating blow for the reigning world champion Sébastien Ogier's title hope - having led after the opening stage, the six-time world champion's C3 was crawling through the rest of the morning loop due to loss of hydraulics. Coming to Spain, Thierry Neuville was forty-one points off the lead. To keep his championship alive, he had to score big points from the weekend. The Belgian eventually won the rally in style, so it was all down to how championship leader Ott Tänak reacted to Neuville's charge.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, RACC Rally Catalunya de España
The Estonian took a dominant power stage victory and snatched second place from local hero Dani Sordo in the final rally results, which was enough for him to seal his first World Rally Championship title in a commanding fashion. Tänak's title win ended the two French Sebastiens' dominance stretching a decade and a half. However, in the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT was able to extend their lead over the defending manufacturers' champion Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT with an 1–3 point-count finish.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, RACC Rally Catalunya de España
Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb finished fourth after being unable to find pace on tarmac, with Jari-Matti Latvala in fifth. M-Sport Ford duos Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen completed the rally in sixth and seventh respectively after both enjoyed a rather trouble-free weekend. Ogier, WRC-2 Pro winner Mads Østberg and wider WRC-2 class winner Eric Camilli covered out of the top ten. Esapekka Lappi was the only major retirement. The Finn ended his rally as his engine failed on Friday.


2019 World Rally Championship, Season report, Rally Australia
The rally was cancelled due to bushfires in the Mid North Coast region. The organisers initially proposed a shortened route in lieu of the planned rally, which was developed with input from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, but they were forced to cancel the event altogether as the bushfires intensified, rendering the area unsafe for the rally to proceed as planned. As a result, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT won their first manufacturers' title.


2019 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship, teams were eligible to nominate three crews to score points, but these points were only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2017-specification World Rally Car. There were also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points were only awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.


2019 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Only the best two results of every manufacturer at each rally were counted for the manufacturers' championship.


2019 World Rally Championship-2
The 2019 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the seventh season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013 and runs in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship is open to cars complying with R5 regulations.


2019 World Rally Championship-2
The 2019 season saw the creation of a new class within the championship, known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro. The Pro class was open to manufacturer entries competing in cars built to R5 specifications, while the wider World Rally Championship-2 was open to privately entered cars.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar
The championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America and Australia.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar expansion
Following the return of Rally Turkey to the championship in 2018, the FIA announced plans to expand the calendar to fourteen rounds in 2019 with the long-term objective of running sixteen championship events. Twelve prospective bids for events were put together, including candidate events in New Zealand, Japan and Chile. Prospective events in Kenya, Croatia, Canada and Estonia expressed interest in joining the calendar within five years.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar expansion
The planned expansion put pressure on European rounds to maintain their position on the calendar as teams were unwilling to contest sixteen events immediately. The Tour de Corse and Rally Italia Sardegna proved to be unpopular among teams for the logistical difficulties of travelling to Corsica and Sardinia and low spectator attendance at the events. Organisers of Rally Japan reached an agreement with the sport's promoter to host a rally in 2019, with the proposed event moving from Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido to Toyota City in Honshu. However, plans to return to Japan were abandoned when the promoter came under pressure to retain the Tour de Corse.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar expansion
The proposed events in Japan and Kenya ran candidate events in 2019 in a bid to join the championship in 2020. Both were successful in secure a place on the 2020 calendar. The calendar published in October 2018 included Rally Chile as part of the expansion to fourteen rounds. The event was based in Concepción and ran on gravel roads.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
The route of Rallye Monte Carlo was shortened by 70.91 km (44.1 mi) compared to the 2018 route. The route was revised after rule changes that were introduced for the 2019 championship limited the maximum distance of a route to 350 km (217.5 mi). Organisers of the Tour de Corse announced plans for a new route, with up to three-quarters of the 2019 route being revised from the 2018 rally. Rally de Portugal was also shortened by 46.72 km (29.0 mi) compared to the 2018 route.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Entries
In accordance with the 2019 regulations, all crews in WRC-2 were required to register as independent entrants. Teams were still allowed to be present, but only to prepare the car for the driver.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Entries, Crew changes
Daniel Barritt left the M-Sport World Rally Team to partner Toyota protégé Takamoto Katsuta.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Changes
The formation of the World Rally Championship-2 Pro class saw the introduction of changes to class eligibility. The Pro class will be open to manufacturer-supported entries, with teams permitted to enter two crews per event. Pro class entries must contest a minimum of eight rallies, including one outside Europe. Only the eight best results will contribute to the Pro class championship. Crews contesting the wider World Rally Championship-2 will not face any such restrictions.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Changes
The team's championship of the wider World Rally Championship-2 was discontinued. Entrants in the championship are now required to register under the name of the crew's driver.


2019 World Rally Championship-2, Results and standings, Season summary, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro
The 2019 FIA World Rally Championship-2 Pro was the first season of the World Rally Championship-2 Pro, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was created in 2019 and open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with Group R5 regulations. The World Rally Championship-2 was open to privately entered cars.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Calendar
The championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America and Australia.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Calendar, Calendar expansion
Following the return of Rally Turkey to the championship in 2018, the FIA announced plans to expand the calendar to fourteen rounds in 2019 with the long-term objective of running sixteen championship events. Twelve prospective bids for events were put together, including candidate events in New Zealand, Japan and Chile. Prospective events in Kenya, Croatia, Canada and Estonia expressed interest in joining the calendar within five years.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Calendar, Calendar expansion
The planned expansion put pressure on European rounds to maintain their position on the calendar as teams were unwilling to contest sixteen events immediately. The Tour de Corse and Rally Italia Sardegna proved to be unpopular among teams for the logistical difficulties of travelling to Corsica and Sardinia and low spectator attendance at the events. Organisers of Rally Japan reached an agreement with the sport's promoter to host a rally in 2019, with the proposed event moving from Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido to Toyota City in Honshu. However, plans to return to Japan were abandoned when the promoter came under pressure to retain the Tour de Corse.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Calendar, Calendar expansion
The proposed events in Japan and Kenya ran candidate events in 2019 in a bid to join the championship in 2020. Both were successful in secure a place on the 2020 calendar. The calendar published in October 2018 included Rally Chile as part of the expansion to fourteen rounds. The event was based in Concepción and ran on gravel roads.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Calendar, Route changes
The route of Rallye Monte Carlo was shortened by 70.91 km (44.1 mi) compared to the 2018 route. The route was revised after rule changes that were introduced for the 2019 championship limited the maximum distance of a route to 350 km (217.5 mi). Organisers of the Tour de Corse announced plans for a new route, with up to three-quarters of the 2019 route being revised from the 2018 rally. Rally de Portugal was also shortened by 46.72 km (29.0 mi) compared to the 2018 route.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Entries, Crew changes
Škoda Motorsport scaled back their involvement in the championship to a single two-car team. The team retained defending drivers' champion Jan Kopecký and Kalle Rovanperä, while 2017 champions Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson left the team. Tidemand later joined WRC team M-Sport Ford on a part-time basis, while Andersson remained in the World Rally Championship-2, partnering Ole Christian Veiby. M-Sport Ford WRT will also enter two cars, one for Polish driver Łukasz Pieniążek and the other for Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson. Greensmith will also make his World Rally Car début with M-Sport Ford WRT.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Entries, Crew changes
Reigning two-time French Rally champion Yoann Bonato, who competed for privateer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto in 2018, was entered by the factory Citroën team for Monte Carlo, before Citroën withdrew their entry from the rally, leaving Bonato to run as a WRC-2 entrant. After driving for Citroën's WRC team in 2018, Mads Østberg moved to the WRC-2 in 2019, staying with Citroën's factory team in a different C3 R5, in conjunction with DG Sport.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Entries, Crew changes
Although not a member of Škoda's factory roster, 2018 Finnish Rally Champion Eerik Pietarinen was nominated to score points for Škoda alongside factory driver Kalle Rovanperä at Rally Sweden. Škoda would repeat this practice with 18-year-old Bolivian driver Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, who is set to participate in the pro-class in the South American double-header in Argentina and Chile, joining Rovanperä on the latter rally.


2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event.


2019 World Rowing Championships
The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese in Italy.


2019 World Rowing Championships
The event determined the majority of qualifiers to the rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.


2019 World Rowing Championships
On 21 August, three days before the championships, para-rower Dzmitry Ryshkevich from Belarus died after he capsized during a training session. He was expected to participate in the PR1M1x at his third consecutive championships.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four
The men's coxless four competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-eight finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless four, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair
The men's coxless pair competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-eleven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Heats
The four fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's coxless pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls
The men's double sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-eleven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals E/F
All but the slowest boat in each semi were sent to the E final. The slowest boats were sent to the F final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's double sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight
The men's eight competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-five finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight, Results, Repechage
The two fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's eight, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair
The men's lightweight coxless pair competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight coxless pair, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls
The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-seven finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals E/F
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight double sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls
The men's lightweight quadruple sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
Heat winners advanced directly to the final. The remaining boats were sent to the repechage.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Repechage
The four fastest boats advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls
The men's lightweight single sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Heats
The three fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Repechages
The two fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the E/F semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals E/F
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's lightweight single sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls
The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-eight finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Repechages
The three fastest boats in each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Semifinals
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's quadruple sculls, Results, Finals
The A final determined the rankings for places 1 to 6. Additional rankings were determined in the other finals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls
The men's single sculls competition at the 2019 World Rowing Championships took place at the Linz-Ottensheim regatta venue. A top-nine finish ensured qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Heats
The two fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the AD quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the repechages.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Repechages
Repechage winners advanced to the AD quarterfinals. The remaining boats were sent to the EH quarterfinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals EH
The three fastest boats in each quarter were sent to the E/F semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the G/H semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Quarterfinals AD
The three fastest boats in each quarter advanced to the A/B semifinals. The remaining boats were sent to the C/D semifinals.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals G/H
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the G final. The remaining boats were sent to the H final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals E/F
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the E final. The remaining boats were sent to the F final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals C/D
The three fastest boats in each semi were sent to the C final. The remaining boats were sent to the D final.


2019 World Rowing Championships – Men's single sculls, Results, Semifinals A/B
The three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The remaining boats were sent to the B final.